Z-pinch
A current driven straight through a plasma column, whose own magnetic field squeezes it inward. Long set aside as unstable; sheared-flow stabilisation, studied at the University of Washington and pursued commercially by Zap Energy, renewed work on it.
Organisations and devices by approach: Z-pinch on the technology page
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Organisations 4
Devices 5
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